Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who by the use of vi­ol­ence or threats pre­vents an au­thor­ity, one of its mem­bers or a pub­lic of­fi­cial from car­ry­ing out an of­fi­cial act, or co­erces them to carry out such an act, or at­tacks them while they are car­ry­ing out such an act shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years. In minor cases, a mon­et­ary pen­alty may be im­posed.³⁹³

Pub­lic of­fi­cials also in­clude em­ploy­ees of un­der­tak­ings in terms of the Rail­ways Act of 20 Decem­ber 1957³⁹⁴, the Pas­sen­ger Trans­port Act of 20 March 2009³⁹⁵ and the Goods Trans­port Act of 19 Decem­ber 2008³⁹⁶, as well as em­ploy­ees of or­gan­isa­tions op­er­at­ing with a li­cence from the Fed­er­al Of­fice of Trans­port un­der the Fed­er­al Act of 18 June 2010³⁹⁷ on the Se­cur­ity Units of Pub­lic Trans­port Com­pan­ies.³⁹⁸

2. If the of­fence is com­mit­ted by a mob, any per­son who par­ti­cip­ates in the mob shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years. In minor cases, a mon­et­ary pen­alty may be im­posed.

Any par­ti­cipant who uses vi­ol­ence against per­sons or prop­erty shall be li­able to cus­todi­al sen­tence of from one month to three years

Any par­ti­cipant who uses vi­ol­ence against prop­erty shall be li­able to cus­todi­al sen­tence of from one month to three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty of not less than 90 daily pen­alty units.³⁹⁹